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-v.r7 . . ;. ' - v ' r,"' {:? , ? ?? - "WAGES OF GERMAN FARM HANDS. I<?(8 than S2SOO a Yonr Paid to a Man tiud ^ hlM Wife for Agricultural Lnbor. Consul Dithmnr, at Brcslau, Germany, has made a report to the Department of t State relative to agricultural labor. lie F says the laborer usually lives upon the <1 estate, and is employed upon it the g year round. The working hours are in f< summer from G ?. m. to 7 p. in., and in b winter from sunrise'to sunset. He has A free lodcrinsr and free fuel, and it is ens- a tomury ulso to allow his family the use f< of 100 square rods of land for raising f< vegetables. As a direct wages he rcceives per annum $19 to $23.80 in cash c and 24 bushels of rye, 3 bushels of pens, T and 1 & bushels of wheat. The laborer's s wife is bound to work in the field when- "vy ever required, and receives for a day's f' work in summer 12 to 14 cents, and in t< winter 10 to 12. Of tea, meat, and to- nr bacco the farm laborer gets but little, rj If he smokes a pipe it is but seldom, tl and his tobacco is unmanufactured leaf, b In harvest time he is treated to schnapps ti to encourage him in his work. A writer ^ on economic subjects estimates that a a laborer's family, consisting of himself, a wife, and five children, uudcr twelve c years of age, can subsist for $1.91 a b week, or $57 a year. Miners and mine ti laborers receive daily from 521 cents b (which is paid to foremen, engineers, P and carpenters) to 18|, and 15 cents t< paid to women and minors. The aver- g age cost of the subsistancc of a miner's 1' family, including rent, c othing, and 11 taxes, amount to $122.80 per annum. The a rents paid by minors range from 30 cents ri to $1.19 per month. tl Mr Vnv t.lin Hnnsiil nt Tiriino\vir>lr ft sends a report on agriculture labor in b that duchy. The wages paid to agri- ? cultural labor depends upon the locality a' "where such labor is employed, being ^ considerably higher in the level than in 11 the mountainous districts. In the for- 11 mcr the wages of a man and wife aggrc- C: gate $1114.20 per annum, while in the mountain districts a man and his wife, s' assisted by a child, earns but $184. Men a< and women earn from 35 to 47 cents* " hoeing, and from 47 to 50 gathering S beets. In this latter work children are also employed to cut off the leaves, and 11 a child from 10 to 12 years old will cam ^ in a period of three or four weeks 24 n cents daily,, In the matter of beet cul- \ ture contract labor is sometimescngaged, cash swages being from 24 to 30 cents n . per diem. Often a donation of 11A cents ni per diem is given, provided the laborer *1 remains steadily at work until the con- 11 tract expires. Each employee receives from 20 to 70 cents head money upon n entering into the contract, and extra ? hours are paid for at the rate of 2. 3 and ? 4 cents per hour. As a rule, every five u or six work people receive one quart of ^ milk and often one pound of bread per 8' head daily, with coffee in the morning P and a warm meal at noon and night, t( with meat on Sunday. . el fi The Cliango of Foliage. n ti The immediate cause of the change in fi the foliage during the fall lies iu the n lessened action of the breathing organs or pores of the leaves, resulting from a n loss of warmth and light due to the n 8horter(days. The natural stimulants to o vegetation tire withdrawn. Shortly bo- T fore the fall of the leaf, a very delicate p layer of cells starts from the side of the tl stem and grows downward, completely t< Bcparnung tne leaf from any participa- t< tion in the life circulation of the plant. This explains the smooth surface exposed on separating a mature leaf from its branch. With the cessatipn of circulation of the sap, the leaves no . longer absorb carbonic acid gas and give off oxygen. The great natural proccss of deoxidation is arrested, and finally re- ^ versed?oxygen is absorbed. The eklorophyl, or leaf green, which gave color to . the leaves, during the earlier part of the ? season, is now oxidized and changed to rt zanthophii, or leaf yellow, and crcthrophyl, ,, or leaf red. These new salts contribute nothing to ' the nourishment of the leaf. No carbonic acid is absorbed from the ntmos- u phcre, and the leaf soon dies and falls j to the ground. The difference in the coloring of the leaves depends upon the local conditions, which hasten, modify, n, or retard this chemical icaction. In the so-called evergreens, no transverse cell formation takes place, and the leaf is _ never separated from tlie circulation of 11 main tree. They also evaporate less in ^ proportion to their leaf surface tlian ordinary trees. Their more sluggish circulation is more dependent upon climatic |c influences. A Curlons Story. E il There is a tale told of a sea captain hi who, in a distant corner of the southern seas, visited an undiscovered or unex- o fdored group of beautiful islands. After " anding and trading with the gciitlc p natives, he wa3 astonished by the visit of a white man. evidently a person of w some means and consequence, who, after making him self very agreeable, implor- y ed the captain to give him a story book, ei iC he had such a thing in his possession, u The captain had, and. deeply touched by the pigs and cocoanuts which the I ti white exile had given him, bestowed on tl him a copy of the "Arabian Night's ci Entertainments". Overcome by the 1 a present, the exile burst into tears, and h cricd, /"You have saved my life, and given'.me rank and wealth." On expla- K nationi he said, "I should long ago a have been eaten, but while they were o fattening me I learned enough of their b language to tell a child the aiory of tl Little Red Riding-Hood'. The child v repeated, it nnd the whole population c were mad with joy. They had never heard a story before. From that day I a became a great nnd honored man. When si they hnd a national festival I sat on the a top of a hill and thousands wept (while ri wme elderly relative was being cooked s! fOr a feast) at the cruel death of the gimiuuiuiufi nttctiuHca oy the wicked v .wolf. I had with me a volume of 'Fairy ii - Talcs,' and I soon began to set a price p on my performances. 'lied Riding- c . Hood*, is rather warm; I only get a hun- g . dred cocoanuts for her now; but 't. in- 1 deretia' is still good for four pigs and a turtle,, and 'Beauty and the Beast' brings tlx or aeten, according to the quality, d But with the 'Arabian Nights' I shall t fee able to go on accumulating pork to i the end of my dayo." r V? ,-V-. x I MODERN SEA FICJIIT. Vtmt Would Likely be tlie Kenult of a Hat tie Between Ironcluds. People often wonder what would bi lie results of a great naval battle at th< resent time. Would many ships b< estroyed? Would the loss of life b< rcat? Let us try to describe shortly ? cw of the probable features of a fighi etween two fleets of modern ironclads Jthough two hostile ironclads mighl pproach one another in some tactica :>rmation, this could not be adhered t< 3r any length of time, and the battle ould soon become a series of independ nt duels between individual ships, 'his is at once apparent when we con idcr that most if not all of the ships rould have arms, and it would, there,?re. be highly necessary for a captain 3 have perfect control over the movelents of his ship to prevent her beinu mimed by an enemy. At the outset ol tie action the torpedo boats would proably take a very active part, and unil exterminated, which they certainly *ould be in time, would engage great ttcntion and be effective in sinking few ships. It may be safely couludcd that every ship would c steaming fast during the acion, this being necessary to avoid eing rammed, to get into favorable ositions for discharging toipedoes and 3 elude the tire of an enemy. Heavy un lire would of course be maintained om the commencement of the action, ad those ships whose engines got disblcd from this cause would speedily be mimed; and at this point we consider :ie gieat loss of life would take place, >r the reason that the boats of a ship, eing always exposed to the machine un fire, would at an early stage of the ction be riddled and shattered with lot, and in the incrcdibly short time 1 which a ship sinks after being mimed it would be impossible for the row to improvise other means to save lemsclvcs from drowning. No steps ;cm yet to have been taken by our Jmiraltv with a view of nrovi<linrr fnr - - I ? * " ais contingcncv. It lias been sugestcd that a hospital ship hearing the eneva cross should accompany a floct lto action to receive the wounded. We ould make a further suggestion? nmcly, that this shij) should be proided wil.li fast steaming boats, pecuarly marked to show their pacific ature, which should proceed to the ssistance of a sinking ship. By lis means numbers of the men light be saved who would other ise certainly be drowned. It is ot probable that tlip loss of life from un fire would be large, as a great part f the crew of an ironclad would be nder water, the rest, being inside the rmorcd portions of the ship.- Few [lips would be able to get into favorable ositions for discharging "Whitehead jrpedoes from their tubes, even if they id so, the course of one of these mahincs is so erratic when discharged rom a ship in motion, that it would in early every case miss its mark. The ime for the use of Whiteheads would be om the torpedo boats at the cominencelent of the light. To sum up, it is the opinion of many aval men of authority that a modern aval battle would only occupy about ne-half the time of the fight in the old 'rafalgar days; that half the ships emloyed would be sunk and that most, of le remainder would be so battered as j be unfit for fmther service for months ) come. ? ChamberJournal. Tlicy Had Met Before. A few days ago a grey-haired old man as in one of the hrtcls of Centrallia, 1., when a stranger got off a train Inch had just arrived, and passed irough the waiting room. He eyes ic old man closely, and over the facc F the latter there flashed a look oi cognition. "Pardon me," said the stranger, your face has a familiar look, yet 1 innot place you. Perhaps I am mistken." "Oh, no," said the elderly gentlemen. I know you arc not mistaken. I know au like a book." "Indeed?" "Yes, sir, You used to board with ic." "Is it possible?" asked the stranger. "Yes, sir; and you left without payig your board." "That, sir, cannot be," was the inignant man's answer, as he becamc ,/x^n ???/! * J 1V1C uuu IIIUIU UOlllUSCU. ''And," continued the old man, "you ;ft in the nigfct nnd neglected to take our luggage.'' By this time the stranger was furious, [c grew red with anger, and intimated lat. only the jrrey hairs of his tormentor ived him from violent treatment. "Oh, you needn't get mad," said the Id gent remaining provokinsrly cool. You did i/ll of these things, and I can rove it." "See here old man, who arc you. and 'here arc you from?" "I, sir, am Capt. Jack Warner and du are Quartermaster Murphy, nnd you jenped from Libby while I was Quarter\c% a f ? 11 1UO tvl KWA Llint I112M1I til 1UU. "My God!"' was the stranger's <*jccula.011. as he warmly clasped the hand ol ie ex-rebel. "Are you, indeed, tli6 old runmissary? Well, I did board with you while, and I gave you the slip, too,' o laughingly continued. Quartermaster Murphy bolonged to a rew York regiment, and was captured nd nent to Libby. It was the practict f the rebels to allow prisoners who had ecn practitioners of medicine to attend ae sick in the prison hospital. Thej ere given the freedom of the prison, tc ome and go at will. One day a green sentry would nol llow these men to pass, when he was harply reprimanded by Capt. Gibbs, nd was told that those men who won ed ribbons on the lanels of tlmir bould pass unmolested. Murphy overheard this and took ad antage of It. Ho had some red lining n his vest, and tearing oil a strip, h< tinned the physician ensignia on hi oat, and watching an opportunity, hi ot past the guard and escaped over int< he Union lines: Tint born poet has n6 agony in the leliveranco of his song. The uttering i o him that soothing balm which thi itterance is to the reader. It is weeping kot the tear wept, that gives relief. mm*,' - r >? ' - : - ' ; '^.s , A Vs- " ' ' ' V I . t , ' G OO.J Carriage CAN BE FOUND THE LABGT Fhrotnn* Roao Carts, Plantation W Har.'jes* S:i?lt1!c?. P.eMimr, 1o?th??n of al 1 thirtv <lav? ! \cil1 Ol'TKR SFEOIATj BA. GlES at loss tlmn Manufacturers' Price r, crn makes: winch I will gun run toe eqnn F vincc yoursolvea that thoy nre abaoluto b A. R. G (Successor to !%. H. May & < ' 3PS&. | AUGDS1 DAY & T Arc Now Rcceivii CARRIAGE! FOR THE i AT PKICKS TO And Never Before Attaine W'c :vrc enabled to ^:vc our custor fit the ciostV. possible cash priccs. < Children's Carri. T!i" l:o?*v5 uwhtinwi:' cf ITAXDB/ TRUNKS Willi's :? ??! I'MKHELL/ the wii.son. child's & co.'f 'I EN NESS EE W A CONS. 1. 2, an DAY .t TANNAIIIbl/S ON"F. A] EXPUESS AND HEM VICKY W. A vies, Spring, !T?11?.??. Spoken, &c. HOYT'S LEATHEK niSl.TING. T.ACINO. III VETS. El<DAK A (TALK AND UNI NO SKINS. LA 11AI {NI0SS rt.NI) SA HDLES. \ OIJi: HAKNE&: HEsWliTMENT, PK1CE. DAY 43 WHITE Would call tho attolicn of buy< JBL& JBr&, 3ES SEE SE 'tfiiiainlly ,'irj;n ami ill tr?ic'ivP. Thej ti.'.K" ( vi)'1 o.'li'fcl. I li?y linvt) al?0 BO 111 ti?>n ifi'iil. ?jt Inii?( < VKLVE ;i ?!!< ? Sine .jf Wn-il l a.-ca io nil colon*. Tlu?ir ?l??rU ..i it I i'\OK <USI1MERE "1)11' ill I l|H Hull>?M lijli 'if lllf*R(i trood?. HT1C i i|irii>(y :iik! priro. \ u"iu<l lino of JER! 1; would :i'itoiiiKli any nnoto o-n liow n season Xitvctn m till-; (i: ?? would do wi WHITE 3 C,\r?M''TS 'in> v??rv i>liMp ?vc? to be rt' lS ui<<l KlHiS i':in Im fii>ii:?l at tho s ll-c n'?ovf itiniiiy a fii*v itnii^ in whi *1*1.c C/CL.t-ial Slock o!" Full and Wiutei II ITE .: ?s i.??-ii :t-s-oricd, and more t flctt- Hi III* Utclllo. THE HUMAN E"5 JOSEPh P'lin ri'ir lit any Imr in 11*11. 'vnmhrnntn I ?.')! ?!< ' 1 1 Im ( ilinr furiii of ? (;<>; ?. llw t;s? 1 nf i.ijjM, ???:<! pdrfnolly m ! to M1.1 ( it. iroi.ju nvur invented, J. SILVER A ti l 1.1 4rnonlintt nf ihtQ tiina tVirnrirrhnn L l.iKiwn lu-? 'Mjniny noil I'iin*l.inn. nin( at I lii>? Iisivo liccn t'inci (hoy are i ti-U<iii.jriinU will roriily; tint original roonw lli.' at tin* xiimo titno wislmn lo 0wl'O mitritly s.ll.s yon a pair c iitivcr net. -i?jiiiii. Hit li:iM?HtnliliHhrid ill i ciu:i? yon r>liMii!<l Icippoii to loso or Itroak n -in.:ill moiii i nit I sum, a* it i* hi* rtuslon l:Mit in know jn*?l tin* i?la*? yon hav.i pa sacli iijvmi ii? JuJifO I'olUo, Govern Culq I . ? CLOTHI^! CLC : [>YEAR'S Repository. :ST STOCK OF CARRIAGES. "BTJGGTTCS. 'ajrons (nil sizes, 1 to 0 lio^o,) Single and Donbl* I kinds. Wagon Mnterinl. ?fco.. ?Vc. For tho next RGAINS IN A LOT OF 0"EN AND TOP BUG s. These Buggies are all Fine Northern and East il to tho best. Cull and examine them and conargaina, OODYEAR, Ajvant. Co..) OPP. GEORGIA RAILROAD BANK. ?A, GEORGIA. I ? 'ANNAHILL, lg a Fine Assortment of 5 AND BUGGIES SPRING- TRADE, SUIT THE TIMES! td in the History of the Business ncrs every advandtagc by purchasing our ^jood Dull and be convinced. ages in Great Variety. LGS and SATCI1ELS ever brought to the eitj IS. I PIIILA. WAGONS, all sizes. d 4 Horse. ST> TWO HORSE WAGONS. AGONS. "Rubber Belting and Packing. Thn best in the World. .Nl> HEMLOCK SOLE LEATHER. STS, THREAD. CEMENT, Err. VE CALL PA RTIC Hi j A11 ATTENTION TO IN WHICH WE EXCEL IN QUALITY" ANE & TANNAHILL, Augusta, Cxa. BROTHERS ors to a Few Specialties: Their slock of ? GOODS r iinve the cheapest line of BLACK SILKS the} e handsome Coierod iSilks. Tl.oy have a good iTEENS for Dresses iuui Triir.iuinjjs. They h:iv the latest thing for lino Dress Trimmings. cannot be surpassed. They have bestowed unusna' 1 are nssnred they are all riirht iu regard to color. SKY JACKETS, cheaper than ever before. rery cheap FLANNELS and BLANKETS are thii oil to examine the stock of 3ROTHEKS in the roach of all. A ;?ood assortment of CAB Loro of WHITE BROTHERS. c Special Bargains can be had. r Goods now offered to the public by BROT XI E R S, ittractivo thau they have ever carried- It is com sep.30,18S?l-?>in fE AND SPECTACLES. 1 SILVER, [CiA.nr. il in accordance with the ?cience and philosophj SC/VVl! CONVEX ELIPSES, admirnbly adapted itural to U.o eye, alloidiug the best artificial nelf HAS ESTABLISHED A LF. AN1) KYK GLASS EMPORIUM IN T11E CITY OF AGUSTA. it tho State of Georgia for the purpose of making I he same time introducing those Lenses. Wherever spoken of in the highest terms, as the following and inaivy others can be scon and examinod at his bo understood that he is not one of tho traveling if i?la*sos at exorbitant prices and whom yon may i Augusta, at present, M8 Broad Street, whore in j your glasses, lie will replace the anine for you at I . ?? -il i ' i i.v .1 in?i.noi ui an no bmi<, uioreoy ennoiea r?ti:irtod iroin him. These testimonials lire from uu, Gcu. Gui dan and a host of others. sep.3J,lS8 (THING! CLOTHING! J ^OOK at the pld gent above in a badtix isn't he with his pants all Dflggy and no fit? My friends do yon wish to avoid getting into just such a scrape? Then when you make up your mind to buy a suit of clothes come right along to our store and have your measure taken and have your clothes made to order bv the very best TAILORS IN THE COUNTRY. and then if thev arc bajrev and don't fit, just say to us "send these wWv clothes right back, I don't want them and wont have them." '.Moreover, wo would not let you keep them ourselves if they did not fit you. "We nre not working for a fall trade, but a trade we can by giving entire satisfaction hold in the future. Remember our motto is "no fit no pay. We are yours truly, BrotHers. Palmetto { THOS. WIcCETTICA >f the largest SAIjOON in tho up-country, don't inte ulvertisunicnt.'*. Tlio half is not mentioned in the ;>L'ui>ared for fall trade. The Palmetto House is well st Foreign and Domestic W tho best the market affords. Ho has got Li?iuo Rvfli aitffl Hfarn ivieli C i|w mum vvbiij an^ii aHU U A.pple, Peach, California and French Brs Porter, He ciin chcerfnlly rpoommcml his goods to the mixed drinks with ;ill the DELICIOUS UEVERA.?jrES 1'ERA.TE DRINKS. His specialty is a large stock of GENTLEMEN'S RESORT. NO. 4 and you will not forgot again. ^ A Good Line of Tobacco and ( Beer a Spech CUNNINGHAM&T HAVE IN STOtt Their Lane anil Well Selei FALL AND WINT Consisting in JPar r ? i n . foreign ana uomesii 3NT O T J O HATS, HATS, HATS BOOTS HARDWARE, HARDWA8 Groceries, Groceries, Gr Crockery, Cro< At Lower Prices tlnm the3" were Ever OlTered ] PAVILION HOTEL. | v I O ciiiilestox, s. ENDOti mm [ First Class in all its Apoointments. PRACT RATES, S2.00, 32.50. Mest3 Excellent Cuisenc, mw :n"ry rooms, Ofcjs ?? ? ?" Passenger Elevaior. Kloclrio and li&iit-s. Over Hcaf^d rotumla canirally locatod. >>?,, Oct. I. 'o4-tf 21 ~?aL ' Deal QENTIIAL HOTEL, Mrs. M.W.THOIVIA.S, Proprietress $ s Broad Street, Augusta. Ga. 49 V ? Y jgXCIIANGE HOTEL, ^ M'D GI:I:I:nvii.le, S. C. The Only Two-Class Hotel in the World. W. R. WHITE, PitoiMUETon. 4 J^TEW DINNER HOUSE, Ofif Ghees wood, S. C. 1 Kept by Mrs. F. G. PARKS. Cheap ratee. First-class faro. June loth, lb82-tf. Ill Akl T. P. THOMSON. ?J. AV. THOMSON. >orth (' r|MIOMSOX & TIIOMSON, A ' ?gs At tor it eys-at-Ijaw, ^ Adiikvilt.E, S. C. ?i?~Oflice in rear Mr. Leo's. A.1CS, June 8th, if-85-tf. 100 . iu fact ' that QALIIOUN & MA BUY, Attorneys and Counsellors a! Law, To tha AUIUSVII.LK C'. II., S. C. Office formerly occupied by Judge Thorn3on. " tf-50 Tlij ??????????. Wo ??o. UOBT. It, HEMPHILL. WM. P, CALHOUN. f OOt JJEMPIIILL & CALHOUN, Attornovs-at-Law? I j;tn 14 AllliKVII.IiE, S. C. I "?" * AJl. wit C4 AUd Vol y> U. W. PEIUUN T. P. COT1IUAN. " eug pERRIN & COTIIRAN, Attorneys-at-Law, AttOPI Abbeville, 8. C. . : - ^ SALOON! N, Proprietor nd to dupe his customers by falsoi three Abbeville pnpaia, Heiswelij ookod with everything in the lino of ines and Liquors, rs nine years old. Good old coteh Whiskies, mdies, Ale and Fresh Lager Beer. public for MEDICINAL USE, and' of the season. Also COOL, TEA1-' PUKE GOODS, Cal'nttho I WA0UT*Ts1Tn?JCT : VV ABliimTlUll Bl, HOMAS McGETTlfJAN. Cigars. Budweiser ilty. 47 EMPLETON E iteH Stack of ER 800 DS, t ot c Dry Goods, S, I >? ^ISTD SHOES F, HARDWARE, oceries, ;kery, Crockery. Beforo. l-tf-22 tSED BY mp BETTER AB nm A3 J^^CSEAPEETa MMe ST ONE. ' 500 |j||jLi Send fo? itiful f wM ill1 Price List igns* JMtti Jpf c|r?u,ars ^ MANUKACTtFRFD BY NUMENTAL BRONZE COMPANY, BBXDGBPOBT. CONN. 13S5 . AT THK itennial Saloon For this year will bo found solutely Pure Spirits, arolina coppor distilled Corn, Fjuoat rands of lveutucky Rye, from 2 to 86 Per Caflon. cfl Cognac Brandy a Specialty. -ALSO? M Porter, Champagnes, &c. nil tho popular atul standard goods , can be obtained. Together with tin assortment of >baceos and Fine Cigars t can not be oxcollod in quality. . \ i needing such goods would not be nbu^'ed by buying from them. I plane ij second door from Court I INNELL & CUNNINGHAM Proprietors, ABBEVILLE, S. -tf 21 the new shades in Hats and Bonnets ;l? Ribbons, Birds, Flowers,, tiatius veta to match. v, It. M. HADDON & CO. . I I I . I???fc A ENE B. GARY, .f ley and Counscllor-at-Law, Abbbvillb, B. 0.